Colors Encyclopedia

HEX atlas value

#FFDEAD

#FFDEAD is a warm orange HEX color nearest Navajo White. RGB 255, 222, 173, HSL 36° 100% 84%, luminance 0.7652; view contrast and conversions.

orangewarmpastel
#FFDEAD Sample readable text
HEX #FFDEAD
RGB rgb(255, 222, 173)
HSL hsl(36 100% 84%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 13, 32, 0)
Luminance 0.7652
Contrast Black 16.3:1White 1.29:1

CSS

--color-ffdead: #FFDEAD;
.background-ffdead { background-color: #FFDEAD; }
.text-ffdead { color: #FFDEAD; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFDEAD

#FFDEAD is classified as a warm orange value with pastel visual character. #FFDEAD is visually closest to Navajo White, a named orange color with HEX #FFDEAD.

The RGB channels are 255, 222, and 173, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 36deg with 100% saturation and 84% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.7652, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.3:1AA Pass
White text1.29:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFDEAD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.3:1 · AAA
White text#FFFFFF1.29:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1#F7FFAD#F7FFAD · #000000 text · best 19.86:1Peach#FFE5B4 · #000000 text · best 17.12:1Moccasin#FFE4B5 · #000000 text · best 17.02:1Wheat#F5DEB3 · #000000 text · best 15.98:1

Generated Palette

Navajo White#FFDEAD
#ADCEFF#ADCEFF
#FFB6AD#FFB6AD
#F7FFAD#F7FFAD
White#FFFFFF
#FFBA52#FFBA52

Color Harmonies

#ADCEFF#ADCEFF
#FFB6AD#FFB6AD
#F7FFAD#F7FFAD
#ADFFDE#ADFFDE
#DEADFF#DEADFF

Variants

White#FFFFFF
#FFBA52#FFBA52
Navajo White#FFDEAD
#F6DDB6#F6DDB6
White#FFFFFF
#FFEFD6#FFEFD6

Nearest Named Colors

Navajo White#FFDEAD
Peach#FFE5B4
Moccasin#FFE4B5
Wheat#F5DEB3
Pastel Peach#FFDAB9

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.7652
Black text16.3:1AA Pass
White text1.29:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#FFDEAD","rgb":[255,222,173],"hsl":[36,100,84],"cmyk":[0,13,32,0],"luminance":0.7652,"contrast":{"black":16.3,"white":1.29}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.3,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.29,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F7FFAD","hex":"#F7FFAD","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.86,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.12,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.02,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.98,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","pastel","pastel orange","Navajo White adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ffdead.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/navajo-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peach.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moccasin.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#ADCEFF","analogous":["#FFB6AD","#F7FFAD"],"triadic":["#ADFFDE","#DEADFF"],"tetradic":["#ADFFB6","#ADCEFF","#FFADF7"],"splitComplementary":["#ADF7FF","#B6ADFF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FFDEAD","#FFBA52"]}
Variants
{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FFBA52","saturated":"#FFDEAD","desaturated":"#F6DDB6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEFD6"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"navajo-white","name":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","distance":0},{"slug":"peach","name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","distance":9.899494936611665},{"slug":"moccasin","name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","distance":10},{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":11.661903789690601},{"slug":"pastel-peach","name":"Pastel Peach","hex":"#FFDAB9","distance":12.649110640673518}]
Dataset manifest Version 1.0.0 Build hash published in manifest Canonical page

Related HEX Guides

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